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"We used Sapphire Plug-ins extensively on X-Men: The Last Stand.
I couldn't imagine having an effects system without it."
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Greg Strause, Owner & VFX Supervisor, Hydraulx
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"The ultimate professional suite of visual effects... The best
plug-ins money can buy."
"We used Sapphire Plug-ins to create many looks for
Spider-Man that would have been nearly impossible to achieve
otherwise."
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Christian Boudman
Sony Pictures Imageworks
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"As a creative tool, Sapphire Plug-ins is second to none"
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Daniel Leduc
Hybride Technologies
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"Sapphire Plug-ins were a great help in our work on
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe."
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David Takayama, Sony Pictures Imageworks
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"They really are one of the most amazing visual effect tools available
today and we rely heavily on them for our day to day work.
They make the finishing of our movie trailers so much easier!"
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Markus Wernig, Senior Editor
MOJO, West Hollywood
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Sapphire Plug-ins version 2.041 is
now available for:
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere Pro & Premiere Elements
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Autodesk Combustion
- Eyeon Fusion
- Quantel with Synapse
Download a FREE TRIAL for
Windows or
Mac OS X
- Over 30 new effects and many enhancements in version 2.
- Includes support for Adobe CS3 and Smart FX.
- Support for Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and Mac Intel hardware.
- Support for Windows Vista.
- More than 200 total plug-ins for image processing and synthesis.
- All plug-ins have multiple options and parameters that can be adjusted
and animated for creating an unlimited range of effects.
- Resolution independent, antialiased, high quality images.
- Online hyper-linked documentation for all plug-ins.
- Dual, Quad, and 8-core support for faster rendering.
- On-screen user interface for visual control of parameters in
After Effects and Premiere Pro.
- Only one license is needed to use the plug-ins with all AE
compatible applications on the same computer.
- Free network rendering on After Effects, Combustion, and Digital Fusion.
See the v2 press release
Demo reel 2007
or 2005
Free tutorial by Christopher Phrommayon (v1)
Review by Tor Johansen at Post Magazine (v1)
Review by Ned Soltz at the LA FCP User Group site (v1)
Review by DV Magazine (v1)
List of effects with pictures
List of Effects
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Box 1: Lighting
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Glow Effects
Glow
GlowAura
GlowDarks
GlowDist
GlowEdges
GlowNoise
GlowOrthicon
GlowRainbow
GlowRings
ZGlow
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Light Beams
Rays
EdgeRays
Streaks
LensFlares
LensFlare
LensFlareAutoTrack
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Glints & Glares
Glint
GlintRainbow
Glare
Other Lighting
DropShadow
Light3D
SpotLight
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Box 2: Stylize
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AutoPaint & HalfTone
AutoPaint
Sketch
Etching
Cartoon
CartoonPaint
Posterize
HalfTone
HalfToneColor
HalfToneRings
Kaleidoscopes
Kaleido:Triangles
Kaleido:Squares
Kaleido:Diamonds
Kaleido:Oct
KaleidoPolar
FlysEyeCircles
FlysEyeHex
FlysEyeRect
TileScramble
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FilmEffect & Grain
FilmEffect
FilmDamage
Vignette
BleachBypass
Grain
GrainStatic
Diffuse
Edge Effects
EdgeDetect
EdgeDetectDouble
EdgesInDirection
EdgeColorize
Embossing
Emboss
EmbossShiny
EmbossDistort
EmbossGlass
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Other Stylize
BandPass
DogVision
JpegDamage
Mosaic
PseudoColor
PsykoBlobs
PsykoStripes
ScanLines
ScanLinesMono
Solarize
Zebrafy
ZebrafyColor
ZFogExponential
ZFogLinear
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Box 3: Adjust, Blur+Sharpen, Composite & Distort
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Adjust
ChannelSwitcher
ClampChroma
DuoTone
Gamma
Hotspots
HueSatBright
Invert
Monochrome
QuadTone
Threshold
Tint
TriTone
ShowBadColors
Composite
EdgeFlash
Layer
MathOps
MatteOps
MatteOpsComp
ZComp
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Blur+Sharpen
Blur
BlurChannels
BlurChroma
BlurDirectional
BlurMoCurves
BlurMotion
DefocusPrism
Convolve
ConvolveComp
Deband
EdgeBlur
GrainRemove
RackDefocus
RackDfComp
Sharpen
SoftFocus
ZConvolve
ZDefocus
ZBlur
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Distort Effects
Distort
DistortBlur
DistortChroma
DistortRGB
Warps & Shake
WarpBubble
WarpBubble2
WarpChroma
WarpCornerPin
WarpDrops
WarpFishEye
WarpMagnify
WarpPerspective
WarpPolar
WarpPuddle
WarpPuff
WarpRepeat
WarpTransform
WarpVortex
WarpWaves
WarpWaves2
Shake
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Box 4: Render, Time & Transitions
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Lightning Zaps
Zap
ZapTo
ZapFrom
Gradients, Grid & Shape
Gradient
GradientMulti
GradientRadial
Grid
Shape
Procedural Textures
Sparkles
SparklesColor
TextureCells
TextureChromaSpiral
TextureFlux
TextureFolded
TextureLoops
TextureMoire
TextureNeurons
TextureNoiseEmboss
TextureNoisePaint
TexturePlasma
TextureSpots
TextureTiles
TextureWeave
Fractal Clouds
Clouds
CloudsColorSmooth
CloudsMultColor
CloudsPerspective
CloudsPsyko
CloudsVortex
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Time Effects
Feedback
FeedbackBubble
FeedbackDistort
FieldRemove
FreezeFrame
GetFrame
JitterFrames
MotionDetect
NearestColor
RandomEdits
ReverseClip
ReverseEdits
TimeAverage
TimeDisplace
TimeSlice
TimeWarpRGB
Trails
TrailsDiffuse
Flicker Tools
Flicker
FlickerMatch
FlickerMatchColor
FlickerMatchMatte
FlickerMchMatteColor
FlickerRemove
FlickerRemoveColor
FlickerRemoveMatte
FlickerRmMatteColor
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Dissolve Transitions
DissolveBlur
DissolveBubble
DissolveDiffuse
DissolveFilm
DissolveGlow
DissolveLuma
DissolvePuddle
DissolveSpeckle
DissolveStatic
DissolveVortex
DissolveWaves
Wipe Transitions
WipeBlobs
WipeBubble
WipeCells
WipeChecker
WipeCircle
WipeClock
WipeClouds
WipeDiffuse
WipeDots
WipeDoubleWedge
WipeFourWedges
WipeLine
WipePixelate
WipeRectangle
WipeRings
WipeStar
WipeStripes
WipeTiles
WipeWedge
SwishPan
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